Origins of Chronic Pain
Pain of Spinal Origin:
Causes of low back pain include lumbar degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, lumbar radiculopathy, discogenic pain, facet joint arthropathy, sacroiliac joint arthropathy / dysfunction, and myofascial pain.
Causes of chronic neck pain include cervical degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, cervical radiculopathy, discogenic pain, facet joint arthropathy, occipital neuralgia, and myofascial pain.
Neuropathic Pain (nerve – generated pain)
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) a.k.a. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Lumbar, Thoracic, or Cervical Radiculopathy
Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (Shingles Pain)
Occipital Neuralgia
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Post-Stroke Pain (Central Pain)
Multiple Sclerosis
Peripheral Neuropathy (e.g. Diabetic)
Mononeuropathies (after damage to a single nerve)
Arthritis Pain (Joint Pain)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Cancer Pain
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